“Peak Week 1” LOLZ. I don’t know if I’m peaking, or just feel “peak-ed”. With Thanksgiving upon us, I can’t help but get in the mindset of feeling grateful for a lot of things in my life. In terms of…
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CIM Training Week 1 (of 12)
I’ve been staying away from weekly training recaps, because I think they tend to be a bit dry, but I’ll make an exception for CIM training because I usually like to go back and read details on how a particular…
Getting Up to Tempo
Sorry for the title, but I can’t resist a pun… Last week was my first week of training toward the Danville 10K. My plan is essentially the same structurally as what I did for the Bank of the West Oakland…
Tagged with: Danville 10K, fartlek, friends, photos, tempo, training
Posted in Trail running, Training
Posted in Trail running, Training
Two weeks
Just checking in with a quick training update, before I head into another work-induced black hole (this time, it’s a conference that I helped to organize). As part of 5K training, I’ve been doing speedwork regularly. The nice thing about…
Small Breakthroughs
Since I’m not in hardcore training mode right now, weekly training recaps will be more low-key and perhaps not-so-weekly. I would’ve skipped this post altogether if it had not been for 2 runs this week that I’m excited to share…
Marine Corps Marathon Week 14
I feel like I’ve entered an alternate reality where 50-mile weeks are the new normal and a 34-mile cutback weeks are no biggie. (For perspective, my highest mileage week for CIM was 34.4 miles and that was race week.) What…
Tagged with: Black Dynamite, fartlek, friends, Gypsy Runner, Mendocino, photos, trail
Posted in MCM, Training
Posted in MCM, Training
Marine Corps Marathon Week 9
9 weeks complete, 9 more to go. Sing it with me now, “WOAH, we’re halfway there…” I’m not ashamed to say that “Livin’ On A Prayer” is one of my favorite songs ever. Now, on to what went down this…
Tagged with: bloggers, earbuds, fartlek, HIIT, Huddart Park, MCM, photos, runger, running buddies, training, weekly recap, Wunderlich Park, yoga
Posted in MCM, Trail running, Training
Posted in MCM, Trail running, Training
Weekly training recap: 3/18/13
Get ready for the shortest weekly recap yet! This week was all about taking it easy and resting before the Oakland Half. Mon: REST. Tues: 1 mile warm-up, 1 mile of fartlek intervals, 1 mile easy-medium, short cool-down. Some Garmin…
Weekly training recap: 1/28/13
Mon: 60 min strengthening/stretching/rolling. Tues: Every once in a while, I have a truly terrible run. Tuesday was one of those days. I had to go to the gym to change my billing information, thanks to some jerks who stole…
Tagged with: fartlek, Joaquin Miller, Oakland, photos, PT, Running for a Better Oakland, stretching, trail, training
Posted in Training
Posted in Training
Weekly training recap: 6/4/12, with BONUS announcement!
Mon-Wed: Rest. My body and my brain needed to recover from the Lake Chabot Trail Challenge. Thurs: One loop around Lake Merritt with my new Merrell Pace Gloves. On Tuesday, I traded them in for a larger size. I usually…
Tagged with: CIM, fartlek, Merrell Pace Gloves, photos, Redwood Regional, running, trail, training
Posted in Training
Posted in Training
Running Tangents 